American Update: Slab Happy: Our Fighting Forces #1 – Debut issue of iconic DC series
*War: The War comics genre has been consistently popular for decades, kicking off just a few years after World War II concluded, and one of the major contributors to the field has always been DC, whose long-running series are fondly remembered by a generation of readers. One such was Our Fighting Forces, cover-dated October-November 1954 on its first issue, an anthology helmed by writer-editor Bob Kanigher, and featuring the talents of Irv Novick, Arthur Peddy, George Papp and Jerry Grandenetti, who also provided this issue’s striking cover. Lasting 181 issues until 1978, Our Fighting Forces is best remembered for its ongoing series characters, most notably the Losers, but they were still in the title’s future, and this premier edition features unconnected anthology tales of combat. This is a CBCS 2.5 graded copy (GD+ equivalent) and is on sale at £125.